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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (12993)	12/5/2000 2:15:06 PM
From: grayhairs	Respond to of 15703

Hi Bob. Sorry to be tardy in responding. We were out of town for the weekend and then I had a couple of obligations to tend to yesterday. <<My current understanding is that at No. 2 we are working with LCM materials. If I remember correctly we wound up with a flex plug at No. 1 to get through this zone and that it took forever. With what looks like a "big kick" do you see this step being critical to our schedule - ie is it the step that is most difficult to predict?>> Yes, while nothing in that WAG is implied to be very precise, I think the largest unknown currently is with respect to the time required to get the well cased off at a final TD. With some extraordinary luck, they may be able to drill a bit of overhole and reach a competent shale to land their 4-1/2" liner in by the end of today. That would still leave an outside chance of being cased off by Dec 10 as previously WAG'd, otherwise ..... (Can I plead RO3 ???). By the way, I have heard that the "big kick" at #2 was in fact more than just "circulation" of a gas kick. I've been told that they did in fact "FLOW" the zone for 15 hours !! That explains the rather impressive candle and also suggests that reaching their final TD will not be a routine "walk in the park". Oh well, at least they have permeability !!!!!!!!! <gg> <<Also, I would appreciate any thoughts you may have as to the sequence of future events at BKP3. My suspicion is that if BKP3 proves "lively" we may have a long haul.>> Well, they have now just barely tapped into the top of the Temblor formation at #3. They have signs of gas and importantly they have confirmed that they are below the sealing fault. There's still an awful lot of work to be done there yet before we'll have a well but the recent indicators are MOST encouraging. Let's give that one a couple of months and then see what we have. Have a good one. Later, grayhairs